Mayor Coderre's math test...

In the world of Montreal municipal politics it all comes down to the numbers and, at the moment, the following numbers are important: Sixty-five is the number of seats on city council, 27 the number occupied by Mayor Denis Coderre’s team, six the number of seats held by Coalition Montreal, two the number of Coalition Montreal councillors named to the executive committee and one the number of dollars being paid annually to Marcel Cote, the man who ran against Coderre for the mayoralty, to act as special counsellor to Coderre’s executive committee. Has Mayor Coderre, head of a minority on council, pulled off a mathematical coup? If he succeeds in garnering the support of Coalition Montreal’s councillors, he has a clear majority on council. Or has Coderre set the stage for a showdown with the remaining 32 members of city council, 20 of them belonging to Projet Montreal? We asked that question to Gazette municipal affairs reporter Rene Bruemmer. Click on the grey icon below to hear what he had to say. And remember, you can listen to all of our podcasts at montrealgazette.com/montreal@themoment and on iTunes .

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